How the 'outsider' factor led US to the Trump conundrum

The politics of the world’s oldest democracy has seen outsiders making it big, a move that is not necessarily a positive omen. Shreekant Sambrani laments the state of play that has besieged......

ARRESTING images: CLOSEUPS unlike anything you have seen!

The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2013 series, the world’s premier photography competition dedicated to the world of action and adventure sports, has recently come up with their top 250......

The many LOVELY 'friends' of Casanova Putin

When Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina announced on national television that they were divorcing after 30 years together, many Russians thought it was an elaborately......

IN PHOTOGRAPHS: They defy DEATH, with style!

We present recent and archive Reuters images of daredevils performing out-of-the-world stunts. The slideshow includes the latest image of France's daredevil climber Jean-Michel Casanova climbing......

Dish TV ties up with Disney's South Asian arm

Dish TV has tied-up with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific, the international television distribution arm of Walt Disney, to provide Hollywood blockbusters on its Movie on Demand......

Book Review: One night @ the call center

Bestseller lists have been making a killing off Chetan Bhagat, and publishers Rupa seem to have found themselves a worthy successor to Anurag Mathur (The Inscrutable Americans), who, hopefully,......

Don't open that e-mail

Here's a note for all e-mail users.Please do not open the attachment if an e-mail on your box reads like this: "Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages......

The Top 15 Hindi Film Songs of 2023

2023 was the year of earworms. Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani,......

Ganapath: A Hero is Born Review: Recycled Junk

All the six packs in the world can't compensate for an unenthusiastic performance, sighs Sukanya Verma.   Vikas Bahl's Ganapath: A Hero is Born is like that pitiful teenager who has watched......

Bollywood's Amazing Dads

Admit it. Cine-Ma is so called because it is obsessed with the mother figure. Whether it is Nargis in Mother India or Nirupa Roy in Deewaar, Mama's a scene stealer while Dad is just a shadow. Does......

Just who is Siddharth?

'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.''But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Football Focus: 'Messi needs Barca and Barca needs Messi'

  IMAGE: Former Barca great Xavi urged Barca to hand a new contract to Lionel Messi, whose current deal expires next year. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images Former Barcelona great Xavi......

Football Briefs: Spain's prosecutor seeks 5-year sentence for Xabi Alonso

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field   IMAGE: Former Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso. Photograph: FC Bayern via Getty Images Spain's prosecutor said on Wednesday it was......

Ronaldo is a casanova and you know it!

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo's ex flame Irina Shayk. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Real Madrid and Portugal record goal-scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has always been in the news for his......

Paes-Bhupathi meet Roddick-Fish in opener

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi received a huge boost to their Olympics medal hopes when they were drawn in a relatively easy bottom half in the men's doubles tennis event on Thursday.\n\nThe......

Federer falls, Safin survives

Results: Men's singles | Women's singlesWorld number one and top seed Roger Federer was forced to play second fiddle to a claycourt maestro on Saturday, falling in the French Open third round to......